Measurement of surfactant-induced interfacial interactions at reservoir conditions

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 2195-2208

  Xu, W ^a   Ayirala, S C ^a   Rao, D N ^b  

^a Packers Plus Energy Services

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTACT ANGLE; DIFFUSION; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE TENSION; TEMPERATURE; WETTING;

CRUDE OILS; DROP SHAPE ANALYSIS (DSA); DUAL-DROP-DUAL-CRYSTAL (DDDC) TECHNIQUES; INDUCTION; KINETIC BARRIER;

SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

EID: 33644827103     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/96021-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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